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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

The Manhattan Winter Olympics

I love this sort of thing: visualizations of Olympic venues plopped into Manhattan to provide a sense of scale. My favorite is the bobsled run in Times Square:

Times Square Bobsled

My son and I were just talking about this and when he asked me, I had no idea how big the track actually was. Can’t wait to show him this when I get home tonight.

In other news, the news media has arrived in Sochi and the town doesn’t seem to be ready for the Games. Oopsie!